EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Jeremy Martin wrote: 
>
> Remember that Mark from ILIO mentioned a while back that the Vienna team 
> was working with Emagic to add some new features into EXS... The native EXS 
> version of the Vienna sample library might support some extra features not 
> available when playing a Giga-imported version in EXS?


Hi Jeremy, 

I would say ... possibly. 

Not everything from Giga format instruments makes it across, but this is
largely because EXS24 lacks features that Giga supports. If EXS24 can match the
feature (keyswitching, crossfades, release samples etc) a decent translation
should be possible -- either with the EXS24's inbuilt converter or aftermarket
utilities. 

As anyone who read Skarbee's posts recently would expect, my guess is that the
developers are in Emagic's ear to improve the capabilities of the EXS24 so they
can deliver the same features the Giga libraries have. 

If the EXS24 and Kontact can match the feature set of Gigasampler I think they
will severely dent sales of Gigastudio. Version 3.0 of Giga may be shown at
Musicmesse - delivering handling of 24 bit samples and other overdue features.
Three years with no significant improvements is a bad indicator of the future
prospects of Nemesys.

Regards,
Murray